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109. SAFES, BANK PROTECTIN AND RELATED DEVICES.

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LEWIS LILLIE, OF TROY, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN IV.

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FIREPROOF SAFE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 8,223, dated July 15,1851; reissued November 21, 1865, No. 2,212.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEWIS LILLIE, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaerand State of New York, have made certain new and useful Improvements inthe Construction of Iron Safes or Bank-Vaults; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of t-he same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the safe andFig. 2 a vertical transverse section of the same from front to back.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing my safe in part ofwrought and part of cast iron, which is without bolts or rivets as int-he usual mode, my mode of construction being to render it more secureagainst` burglary by rendering it secure against being broke or drilledinto.

The construction is as follows: I construct a wrought iron boX a, of thedesired size and thickness, which is made usually ot boiler iron,through which I enter rivets Z2, I), eXtending outward; around this boxI cast iron c, 0, to any given thickness, that may be desired forstrength and security, the effect being that the cast iron chills to agreat .degree of hardness and adheres to the wrought iron and is firmlybound by the rivets by clenching them [FIRST PRINTED 1913.]

in the casting. The wrought ironbox thus forms the core for castingupon, and secures strength in toughness, in the formation, which rendersit secure against being broke by any ordinary power which ma be broughtto bear upon it. While the cast iron (which ordinarily forms thegreatest above described.

Having thus described the nature of my invention, what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of wrought and cast ironthe same forming a safe in themanner and for the purpose substantially the same as described.

LEWIS LILLIE.

lVitnesses E. L. BRUNDAGE, S. KENDRICH.

